TFL Hobbies "Popeye" Hydro: P-Sport Hydro

[tlandauer]

That is radical and very inovative.
Where is your strut set at, I seem to have the opposite of what some of you are experiencing. I will raise the strut as high as I can, and then do the mod Doby showed to see if I can raise the front more. I have never had blown over. it runs wet but super stable.
I like your video. you got some good chops!

[flraptor07]

That is radical and very inovative.
Where is your strut set at, I seem to have the opposite of what some of you are experiencing. I will raise the strut as high as I can, and then do the mod Doby showed to see if I can raise the front more. I have never had blown over. it runs wet but super stable.
I like your video. you got some good chops!

Thanx Tim, I'm not sure how fast yours is running but I'm at a little over 60 and at that speed I've had it blow over quite a few times. But I'm headed in the right direction now, as you can see even when it gets in the air it settles back down by itself. Now I'm going to play with strut adjustment, it's level with the bracket right now. I'm going to drop it a 1/8" and see what that does.

[Fluid]

A much simpler mod is to add an air dam at the front of the tunnel. Cutting the air traps is rather radical....although that may be required. KISS..



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[tlandauer]

Over 60!
yes, I can see how it gets settled down !
I have not measured my speed, but it's not even in the 50's, I was fooling around with props and forgot to bring the correct sized hex drive to adjust the strut which i did tonight. I want to go to a 2200kv motor which was my intention but presently using a 2000kv with wrong timing, I thought was "d" but apparently it's a "Y". Not that it will speed up that much.

[tlandauer]

Which motor are you using? I forgot and too lazy to go back and read it, I am thinking a Neu 1515 which I love in my Mean Machine

[ron1950]

chris id try to bring the strut up some first...unless I am mistaken strut up brings the nose down....actually I cant remember witch is witch

[flraptor07]

Which motor are you using? I forgot and too lazy to go back and read it, I am thinking a Neu 1515 which I love in my Mean Machine

Yes I'm using a Neu 1515 1Y 2200kv

[Fluid]

....unless I am mistaken strut up brings the nose down....

You are mistaken. Raising the strut lowers the transom and raises the bow since the hull will pivot on the back of the sponsons.


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[flraptor07]

A much simpler mod is to add an air dam at the front of the tunnel. Cutting the air traps is rather radical....although that may be required. KISS..



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Sometimes simple ain't the way to go, look how deep the air traps are on this boat and then look at other boats. I've never seen traps as deep on any other boat, my thought was it was packing way too much air and I'm pretty sure I just proved it. It was a gamble but it worked and I'm sure that to make this boat competative it needed to be done. I may even put a air dam on it too but I'm going to do some more strut adjusting first, we'll see how it goes

[flraptor07]

chris id try to bring the strut up some first...unless I am mistaken strut up brings the nose down....actually I cant remember witch is witch

Strut up= nose up Strut down= nose down.

[ron1950]

thanks jay as I said I forgot which way it went..after all I had a 50/50 shot at it lol

[kenrid]

Look how deep the air traps are on this boat and then look at other boats. I've never seen traps as deep on any other boat, my thought was it was packing way too much air and I'm pretty sure I just proved it. It was a gamble but it worked and I'm sure that to make this boat competative it needed to be done. I may even put a air dam on it too but I'm going to do some more strut adjusting first, we'll see how it goes

Agreed.

My Insane FE30 has no air traps - and has never blown off the water. My Miss Vegas Deuce FE conversion has air traps about quarter inch deep - with a few blow offs and generally unstable at speed. I know we all like to tinker with our boats, but such radical surgery on Popeye suggests the contemporary design is being pushed to (its) limit. Me thinks Doby has his settings just right!

[flraptor07]

Probably something to do with the lack of snow......

I can always count on you...... Hey I need a link to running videos of your Popeye. Thanx

[Jlov]

I have my Popeye hull on its way!! I was able to find one at Ampeaterracing.com. They have gel coated white hulls for only $120 and Tom Castellani was kind enough to bare sub zero conditions in Michigan this morning to ship it to me only hours after me paying for it. He is a gentleman and a scholar for sure. I will use this great thread on the Popeye to aid me in my build. Cant wait and thx for all the great advice already from Tim and Chris. I will def take the short trip to you Chris and do some racing when its done. Thx Jeff

[Brushless55]

I have my Popeye hull on its way!! I was able to find one at Ampeaterracing.com. They have gel coated white hulls for only $120 and Tom Castellani was kind enough to bare sub zero conditions in Michigan this morning to ship it to me only hours after me paying for it. He is a gentleman and a scholar for sure. I will use this great thread on the Popeye to aid me in my build. Cant wait and thx for all the great advice already from Tim and Chris. I will def take the short trip to you Chris and do some racing when its done. Thx Jeff

Hmmmmm.... $125 for the hull... add my UL-1 hardware and I could be up and running.....